Alain Delon was at his most impossibly beautiful when Purple Noon was released and made him an instant star. This ripe, colorful adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s vicious novel The Talented Mr. Ripley, directed by the versatile René Clément, stars Delon as Tom Ripley, a duplicitous American charmer in Rome on a mission to bring his privileged, devil-may-care acquaintance Philippe Greenleaf (Maurice Ronet) back to the United States. What initially seems a carefree tale of friendship soon morphs into a thrilling saga of seduction, identity theft, and murder. Featuring gorgeous location photography of coastal Italy, Purple Noon is crafted with a light touch that allows it to be at once suspenseful and erotic, and it gave Delon the role of a lifetime.

Directed by René Clément

Written by René Clément & Paul Gégauff

Based on the book "The Talented Mr. Ripley" by Patricia Highsmith

Produced by Raymond & Robert Hakim

Cinematography by Henri Decaë

Music by Nino Rota

Edited by Françoise Javet

Production Design by Paul Bertrand

Costume Design by Bella Clément

Starring Alain Delon, Marie Laforêt, Maurice Ronet, Erno Crisa, Frank Latimore, Bill Kearns, Ave Ninchi, Viviane Chantel, Nerio Bernardi, Barbel Fanger, Lilly Romanelli, Nicolas Petrov, Elvire Popesco and Romy Schneider